Higher education for sustainable development in Japan: Policy and progress

International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 120-129

  Nomura, Ko ^a   Abe, Osamu ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RIKKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Government policy; Higher education; Japan; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952138584     PISSN: 14676370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14676371011031847     Document Type: Article

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